In this blog series, we highlight our amazing industry partners that support the Tech to Protect Challenge and its goal of creating new technology for emergency responders. Take a look at our Q&A with Motorola Solutions and discover why they’re excited to be a part of our national open innovation contest. Q: Who is Motorola […]

30 Teams Named Winners at Regional Events Held Nov. 1-3, 2019 Last weekend, teams of innovators from the east coast to the west coast of the U.S. coded technology solutions for emergency responders. Many cutting-edge submissions were judged by panels of public safety and technology leaders, with 30 teams winning hard-earned prizes totaling $180,000 by […]

Three Women Develop Winning Technology to Improve Firefighter and Citizen Safety   When Emily Schisler signed up for the Tech to Protect Challenge in Denver, Colorado, she didn’t know what to expect. And she most certainly didn’t plan to win $8,500 in cash prizes for her two submissions at a national hackathon for public safety technology. […]

Before Austin Handle entered the Tech to Protect Challenge, he had a major goal in mind—to get his self-made application, Apollo AI (or Apollo), into the hands of emergency responders. And thanks to competing in the program’s Washington D.C. hackathon in September, Handle and his innovation are one step closer to achieving that ambition. He […]

13 Teams Recognized at Nationwide Regional Codeathons held Sept. 27-29, 2019 Congratulations to the September Tech to Protect Challenge winners who were recognized for their innovative technologies developed at the regional codeathons held September 27-29. Participants attended events in Washington D.C.; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO;  and College Station, TX, to connect, collaborate and create for […]

In this blog series, we highlight our amazing industry partners that support the Tech to Protect Challenge and its goal of creating new technology for emergency responders. Take a look at our Q&A with Bespoken and discover why they’re excited to be a part of our national open innovation contest. Q: Who is Bespoken? A: […]